Scientific production in the era of Large Language Models · HackerPapers discussions

Scientific production in the era of Large Language Models — mentioned by lhd1

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:33:33 GMT

several authors including the creator of arxiv, Paul Ginsparg, foretell a future in which we "increasingly rely on status markers such as author pedigree and institutional affiliation as signals of quality, ironically counteracting the democratizing effects of LLMs on scientific production." I think this is a very plausible outcome of a flood of preprints. Because there's only so much time in a day and are we going to spend it on papers by less established people who we do not trust? It's a pity. If the science is good what does it matter who produced it. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.13187

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Scientific production in the era of Large Language Models — mentioned by Rochus

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:29:28 GMT

AI causes just an intensification of longstanding problems. The "publish or perish" pressure has compromised research integrity for decades (including manipulated peer reviews, massaged or fabricated results, and ignored conflicts of interest). Cambridge University Press recently warned that "without urgent, sector-wide reform, the global academic publishing ecosystem is at risk of collapsing" (https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/...), explicitly attributing these problems to the pervasive publish-or-perish culture. Ironically, AI even enables scientists to free up…

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